Like Aviv, Israel-While the first phase of the fragile agreement of the ceasefire of Israel ends, Israel is thinking about its next steps in the context of the repeated threats of President Donald Trump to unleash “hell” Unless all hostages are released.
Fox News Digital spoke to Israeli military experts to see how they considered what would be in reserve for Hamas if the cease-fire agreement collapses.
“The only alternative is the resumption of war in Gaza with all the forces that can be allocated,” said major-general Yaakov Amidror (res.), A former head of the Israeli National Security Council and currently a member of the JINSA, Based in Washington, Jinsa, based in Washington Think Tank, told Fox News Digital.
“Because we have a ceasefire in Lebanon, we can use enormous forces inside Gaza to end Hamas. This is one of the reasons why Hamas has not broken The truce so far, they understand that the alternative is a war in its own right for which they are not ready, “he added.
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The forces of TSAhal are seen operating in Rafah, a city of the Gaza Strip. (TDI spokesperson’s office)
On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Jerusalem and insisted that the two countries worked in Lockedstep.
“We have a shared strategy, which cannot always be detailed for the public, including when the doors of hell open. And they will open if all our hostages have not returned, all the last”, Netanyahu said.
Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Condricus (ret.), Former international TSAhal spokesperson and now the main member of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said Hamas’ refusal to return all hostages, associated with dominant political realities in the Middle Orient and Trump and Trump and Trump and Trump and Trump and Trump and Trump and Trump and Trump and Trump and Trump and Trump the will to reshape the bridge require the resumption of FDI of combat to Gaza “to a higher intensity and with fewer restrictions and limitations “.
“The objective will be to defeat Hamas and take control of the Gaza Strip. I believe that the center of gravity of Hamas is the distribution of humanitarian aid and, in the next series of fights, Israel will seek to Take advantage, “he added.
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu answer questions at a joint press conference in the east house in the White House on February 4, 2025. (Reuters / Leah Millis)
The former FDI military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin also told Fox News Digital that “never in history has been at war and that one helps the other to survive with food, fuel And everything else “.
He also noted that the Biden administration had “mainly heavy embargo bombs, [but] Trump has already raised this and will not limit Israel to use them. “”
Israel received an American MK-84 ammunition expedition of 2,000 pounds overnight on Saturday, the Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, saying that development “serves as an additional evidence of the strong alliance between Israel and the United States” .
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Hamas terrorists take a position before a release of hostages in Deir al-Balah, Central Gaza Strip, on February 8, 2025. (AP)
Trump’s words and acts have given the impression that he fully supports Israel’s goal of defeating the militarily Palestinian terrorist group, the major-general (ret.) Giora Eiland, former head of the Israeli Israeli National Security Council , told Fox News Digital.
“But that is missing the point, because we have already been fighting there for 16 months. The only significant lever effect, which has been prevented by the Biden administration, consists in interrupting all the flow of equipment, fuel, food , water and other essential questions in the enclave, “said Eiland.
“This is the only thing that can be real in Gaza and that could persuade leadership to agree to release the hostages.”
Meanwhile, Israeli defense forces increased the reinforcements of the troops and mobilized the reservists in the southern command to prepare for “any scenario”. When he was asked to share with Fox News digital information concerning the storage of Hamas weapons, the IDF refused to comment.
Hamas initially owned around 17,000 medium and long-term missiles, the first capable of reaching targets between seven to 14 kilometers and the second beyond 15 kilometers, according to Major-General Tamir Hayman (res.), Executive director of the Institute for National Security Studies based in Tel Aviv and another former chief of the FDI military intelligence department.
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Israeli combat engineers worked to destroy terrorist targets and locate terrorist tunnels in the “Philadelphia corridor” along a small strip of land on the border between Egypt and Gaza. (Tps-il / file)
“In terms of long -range missiles from Hamas, the current capacities are minor, if not at all. The mid -range has probably been reduced to approximately less than 100 in total, and for short -range capacities such as mortars and mortars and mortars and mortars and mortars Drones, it is difficult to estimate, “he told Fox News Digital.
Hayman is suitable that “all hell” could involve President Donald Trump giving Carte Blanche to Israel to use 2000 pound bombs or greater latitude to demolish territory expanses using bulldozers and other heavy machines to prevent Hamas to regenerate.
Israel could also change its combat strategy to ensure that Hamas is no longer able to regroup by taking up the territory evacuated by troops in Gaza, according to Brig. General Yossi Kuperwasser (res.), A former research chief in the FDI military intelligence department.
“Israel could set up an attack in a different way from what we have seen so far. Instead of taking control of the areas and leaving them, we keep control, minimizing the capacity of Hamas to reign over the population In Gaza and therefore his ability to survive “,” he told Fox News Digital.
The Palestinians returned home in Gaza City on February 2, 2025, after a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas. (Ali Jadallah / Anadolu via Getty Images)
The long-term presence of Israeli boots on the ground would probably be a prerequisite for making Trump’s wish to “take over” and transform Gaza into “Riviera du Middle East”, an assertion that Trump made alongside Netanyahu at the White House in February in February in February.
Meir Ben Shabbat, Head of Misgav Institute for National Security & Sionist Strategy and former head of the Israeli National Security Council, I Israel had to put pressure on the Hamas rule, the demilitarization of the collapse of the rule of Hamas, Gaza and the creation of conditions to prevent this area from constituting a threat to the security of Israeli citizens.
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He said these conditions are “essential to ensure that this series of fights will be the last,” he added. “To achieve this, Israel will have to resume the fighting at a time that suits it.”
Netanyahu on Sunday informed Steve Witkoff special envoy at a meeting he would summon the security firm on Monday to discuss phase 2 of the agreement.
